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Social Marketing Campaigns for Minimizing Alcohol Harm

Six key ingredients can increase success Social marketing uses conventional marketing tools and techniques with the aim not of making profit, but of promoting individual and group behavior changes that reap health or social benefits. There are 6 key elements in the social marketing approach that work best when used all together. A new literature [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:33:33-04:00April 6th, 2015|Alcohol, Binge Drinking, College students, How To, Literature, Social Marketing, Social Norms|Comments Off on Social Marketing Campaigns for Minimizing Alcohol Harm

Fraternity/Sorority Association with Heavy Drinking: Chicken-Or-Egg Question

Do problem drinkers self-select into fraternities and sororities? College students affiliated with Greek letter organizations (e.g., fraternities and sororities) are more likely to drink within the past month than unaffiliated students (B = 0.73, p < 0.01), according to a recent analysis of National College Health Assessment (NCHA) data (Foster et al., 2014). The question [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:34:27-04:00March 16th, 2015|Alcohol, Binge Drinking, College students, Literature, News, Social Norms|Comments Off on Fraternity/Sorority Association with Heavy Drinking: Chicken-Or-Egg Question

Brief Alcohol Intervention is Effective in Mandated Students

Heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems are reduced through BASICS program A new randomized controlled trial has found that undergraduate heavy drinkers, whether mandated or volunteer to participate in the BASICS (Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students) program, have fewer drinks weekly and fewer alcohol-related problems, compared to a control group. Even 12 months after the intervention, [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:34:28-04:00February 13th, 2015|Alcohol, College students, How To, Literature, News|Comments Off on Brief Alcohol Intervention is Effective in Mandated Students

Are Efforts to Prevent Binge Drinking at College Effective? One source says NO

What will it take for college campuses to bring down the level of "binge drinking" among college students? This article in the Chronicle of Higher Education claims that current efforts are ineffective and makes the case for reframing the problem, moving from an emphasis on "education" to an emphasis on "enforcement." Read more

By |2017-04-06T16:34:30-04:00December 10th, 2014|Alcohol, Binge Drinking, College students, News|Comments Off on Are Efforts to Prevent Binge Drinking at College Effective? One source says NO

New References That Caught Our Interest

Ah, the advantages of Google Scholar Alerts. Here are some of the articles on social norms studies (mostly alcohol and other substance use; one on water conservation) that look interesting and relevant that have come our way in the last couple of weeks by way of our Google Scholar alerts: Alcohol mixed with energy drinks [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:35:14-04:00November 13th, 2014|Alcohol, College students, Literature, Social Marketing, Social Norms|Comments Off on New References That Caught Our Interest

Alcohol Marketing, Young People’s Drinking, Social Norms

Two interesting studies: Alcohol Marketing and Young People's Drinking: The Role of Perceived Social Norms Ph.D. Dissertation by Gerard Hastings, University of Stirling Abstract: There has been substantial scientific debate about the impact of alcohol marketing on consumption. Relying mainly on econometric studies, the alcohol industry has traditionally maintained that alcohol marketing does not influence consumption, [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:35:15-04:00November 12th, 2014|Alcohol, College students, Literature, Social Norms|Comments Off on Alcohol Marketing, Young People’s Drinking, Social Norms

Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain

Squeglia, L. M., Jacobus, J., & Tapert, S. F. (2014). The effect of alcohol use on human adolescent brain structures and systems. Handbook of clinical neurology, 125, 501. Abstract: This article reviews the neurocognitive and neuroimaging literatureregarding the effect of alcohol use on human adolescent brain structure and function. Adolescents who engage in heavy alcohol use, even at [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:35:16-04:00October 20th, 2014|Alcohol, College students, Literature|Comments Off on Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain

Alcohol Marketing and Young People’s Drinking: The Role of Perceived Social Norms

An Intriguing Dissertation by Gerard Hastings at the University of Stirling Abstract There has been substantial scientific debate about the impact of alcohol marketing on consumption. Relying mainly on econometric studies, the alcohol industry has traditionally maintained that alcohol marketing does not influence consumption, but is merely limited to brand level effects. Public health advocates, [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:35:16-04:00October 14th, 2014|Alcohol, College students, Literature, Social Norms|Comments Off on Alcohol Marketing and Young People’s Drinking: The Role of Perceived Social Norms

Perspective on Student Deaths by James Turner, M.D.*

NSNI has received a number of anecdotal reports of college student deaths this fall.  These tragedies have resulted in inquiries from the press regarding NSNI’s mortality study presented at the American Public Health Association Meeting in November 2011, and its subsequent publication in the Journal of College Student Psychotherapy in January 2013.  Many of the [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:35:17-04:00October 2nd, 2014|College students, Literature, News|Comments Off on Perspective on Student Deaths by James Turner, M.D.*

Hot off the press

There’s new research publications every day on college alcohol use and other college health issues. It’s hard to keep up! Here are some new articles from our PubMed RSS feed (and beyond) that look very interesting. Apodaca, T. R., Borsari, B., Jackson, K. M., Magill, M., Longabaugh, R., Mastroleo, N. R., & Barnett, N. P. (2014). Sustain [...]

By |2017-04-06T16:35:36-04:00September 22nd, 2014|Alcohol, College students, Literature, Social Marketing, Social Norms|Comments Off on Hot off the press
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